Neopithecops

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Neopithecops
Species: (5)
N. iolanthe – N. lucifer – N. sumbanus – N. umbretta – N. zalmora
Name

Neopithecops Distant, [1884]: 197, 209.

Type species: Pithecops dharma Moore, 1881: 72; by original designation.
Synonyms

Parapithecops Moore, 1884. Type species: Parapithecops gaura Moore, 1884: 20. Synonymised by de Nicéville, 1890: 51.
Papua Röber, 1892: 273. Type species: Plebeius lucifer Röber, 1886. Synonymised by Fruhstorfer, 1919: 77.

References

Distant, W.L. 1882–1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. 16 + 481pp., 41pls. London. BHL text, plates. Reference page.
Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9 Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H., 1919. Revision der Artengruppe Pithecops auf Grund der Morphologie der Klammerorgane. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 83 (A) (1): 77-84. Reference page.
Moore, F. 1881-83. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Vols. 1, 190pp, pls 1–71. 2, 162pp, pls 72–143. L. Reeve & Co., London. Reference page.
Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Journal Asiatic Society Bengal 53(2): 16–52. BHL. Reference page.
de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Pls. Reference page.
Röber, J., 1892. In Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., Exot. Schmett. 2. Die Familien und Gattungen der Tagfalter (6), 284pp., 50 pls. Bayern, Fürth. Reference page.

Neopithecops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species

Neopithecops iolanthe Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Torres Strait Islands, Cape York, Trobriand Islands, Batjan
Neopithecops sumbanus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Indonesia Sumba, Tanahjampea, Dammer Island
Neopithecops umbretta Grose-Smith, 1895 Indonesia Lesser Sunda Islands, Tanahjampea, Sula Islands, Maluku Islands, Obi Island
Neopithecops zalmora (Butler, 1870)
Neopithecops sp. – undescribed

References

"Neopithecops Distant, 1884" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms